Painting
- Title:
- Mary Chickering Howard
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1973.014.02
- Creator:
- Tenney, Ulysses D. (1826-1908)
Artist - Date:
- 1884
- Description:
- Portrait of Mary Chickering Howard (1828-1864), by Ulysses D. Tenney (1826-1900), 1884. Oil on academy board. Bust-length portrait of young woman. Sitter has brown wavy hair parted in middle, pulled back and behind ears, brown eyes. She is wearing a black dress with buttons, short white frill collar, rectangular gold brooch, gold and stone drop earrings. Gray and green background. Signed lower right: "U.D. Tenney / 1884". Gilded stamped metal frame with floral geometric exterior, floral center, grape vine interior.
- Material:
- Academy board
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-12 inches
- Provenance:
- Posthumous portrait of Mary (Chickering) Howard (1828-1864), acquired from the estate of Marion Silsby (1892-1973), grand-daughter of Sarah Frances (Chickering) Silsby (1820-1902), the elder sister of the subject.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Howard, Mary Chickering, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Death, Memory
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